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Canola
Land type/location:
dryland/Sylvan Lake, AB
Input costs:
$235 per acre
Trucking costs:
$10 per acre
Total cost:
$245 per acre
Average yield:
50 bushels per acre
Cost per bushel:
$4.90
Consumer product:
17 1.42L bottles of canola oil per bushel
Lentils
Land type/location:
irrigated land/Enchant, AB
Input costs:
$164 per acre
Trucking costs:
$28 per acre
Total cost:
$192 per acre
Average yield:
45 bushels per acre
Cost per bushel:
$4.27
Consumer product:
523 cans of lentil soup per bushel
Malting barley
Land type/location:
dryland/Penhold, AB
Input costs:
$188 per acre
Trucking costs:
$15 per acre
Total cost:
$203 per acre
Average yield:
95 bushels per acre
Cost per bushel:
$2.14
Consumer product:
204 standard (341mL) bottles of all-malt craft beer per bushel
Canadian Western Red Spring wheat
Land type/location:
mix of irrigated land and dryland/Carmangay, AB
Input costs:
$144 per acre
Trucking costs:
$18 per acre
Total cost:
$172 per acre
Average yield:
60 bushels per acre
Cost per bushel:
$2.87
Consumer product:
202 570g loaves of sandwich bread per bushel
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The Food Issue
2017
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